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HOUSTON — The Oklahoma City Barons flexed their muscle and then some against the Houston Aeros in Game 1 of a first-round American Hockey League Western Conference playoff series.

Oklahoma City took more shots in the first period than the Aeros took in the whole game, and then poured on the scoring in the second period en route to a 5-0 dismantling of Houston on Thursday night in front of 3,158 fans at Toyota Center.